Robert W. Winston III

Robert W. Winston, III, is Chief Executive Officer and owner of Winston Hospitality, Inc. Under his guidance, Hospitality grew its portfolio to thirty-eight hotels nationwide, including over 5,500 rooms in the upscale, premium branded limited-service, select-service, extended stay, and full-service segments. He is also executive chairman and co-founder of Winston Hotels, LLC, which develops and acquires hotels in the U.S.

In 1994 he co-founded and acted as chief executive officer and director of the original Winston Hotels, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WXH), until the company was acquired in July 2007. An active developer since the sale of the original Winston Hotels, Inc., Winston has overseen significant hotel developments and redevelopments, including the Lucky Eagle Casino Hotel and the Winstar Hotel, as well as numerous Hilton-, IHG- and Marriott-branded hotels in multiple segments and geographic locations.

He received a B.A. in economics and political science in 1984 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the University. Winston currently is a director of the Raleigh, N.C. Research Triangle Foundation and a former chair of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport Authority Board.